IEM :: Satellite Cloud Product

Satellite Cloud Product

NESDIS produces a Satellite Cloud Product (SCP) that supplements the ASOS ceilometer readings. This page merges the SCP data with the METAR observations for a given UTC date. Cloud level values are presented in feet above ground level. ECA represents estimated cloud amount expressed in percentage. An IEM Web Service provided the following JSON dataset for this page. Data is available for some sites back to 1993.

SCP Valid UTC	METAR Valid Local	Satellite East Sounder				Satellite West Sounder				ASOS METAR Report
SCP Valid UTC	METAR Valid Local	Mid Clouds	High Clouds	Levels [ft]	ECA [%]	Mid Clouds	High Clouds	Levels [ft]	ECA [%]	Levels ft	METAR
0550Z	12:53 AM		OVC	32000 - 45000	46		BKN	17000 - 37000	49	CLR	KMSN 070553Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 15/14 A3015 RMK AO2 SLP208 T01500139 10233 20144 402720144 53008 $
0650Z	1:53 AM		OVC	31000 - 48000	29		BKN	13000 - 36000	31	CLR	KMSN 070653Z AUTO 07003KT 10SM CLR 15/14 A3016 RMK AO2 SLP210 T01500139 $
0750Z	2:53 AM		SCT	13000 - 49000	9	SCT		13000 - 34000	10	CLR	KMSN 070753Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 14/13 A3016 RMK AO2 SLP210 T01390133 $
0850Z	3:53 AM	SCT		14000 - 31000	0	SCT		13000 - 41000	3	CLR	KMSN 070853Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 14/13 A3015 RMK AO2 SLP207 T01390133 58001 $
0950Z	4:53 AM	CLR		-	0	CLR		-	0	CLR	KMSN 070953Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 13/13 A3016 RMK AO2 SLP210 T01330133 $
1050Z	5:53 AM	CLR		-	0	SCT		13000 - 29000	1	FEW@18000 SCT@25000	KMSN 071053Z 00000KT 10SM FEW180 SCT250 14/13 A3016 RMK AO2 SLP210 T01390133 $
1150Z	6:53 AM	SCT		13000 - 17000	1	SCT		13000 - 35000	2	FEW@19000 SCT@25000	KMSN 071153Z 00000KT 10SM FEW190 SCT250 14/13 A3016 RMK AO2 SLP212 T01440133 10156 20128 51004 $
1250Z	7:53 AM	SCT	SCT	14000 - 46000	1	SCT		14000 - 35000	1	SCT@25000	KMSN 071253Z 15004KT 10SM SCT250 18/16 A3018 RMK AO2 SLP218 T01780161 $